Pocket cigarette-making device



Feb. 9, 1954 G. BuRNsTElN POCKET CIGARETTE-MAKING DEVICE Filed oct. 1o, 194s ml lm an I I (Illllllfll INVENToR.

GEORGE BURNS-ram Zm/ Patented Feb. 9, 1954 ascissa UNITED stirs amm OFFICE POCIET-CIGARETTEMAKING DEVICE Y George Burnsteiin Norristown, Pa.' 'L ApplicationOctober '10, 1949, Serial No. 120,430

The present invention relates -generally- Ato cigarette-making devices adaptedl to' be conveniently carried in A-the pocket, and more particularly to a simple, Yeiiic-ient and compact. device for facilitating the makingv of cigarettes from preformed cigarette tubular papers. and appropriate1y-cut tobaccogthe device` being `generally in --the lform Yof a hinged-cover case whichis `op erable upon closure ofthe cover to securelyposition vand vadequately support -a cigarette. paper in-properly disposed relation Vlto a-tobacco lling tube during the step of` tamping the Ytobacco into the paper tubeV or wrapper for thecigarette. Among the principal objects of the presentinvention is the provision-of a cigarette making devicein theform-of acompact casing having at one endthereof a compartment from whence tobacco may be forced-into thecigarette tube or wrapper which is securely held, as above-mentioned, within the interior of the closed casing, the end compartment being y providedV with a short cigarette lling tube extending-interiorly of the casing andwhich serves not only to direct the tobacco into the cigarette paper, but-'also to maintain the mouth of the papersuitably eX- panded to facilitate proper lling Vofthe paper With-tobacco. Y -A j f Still another objectfof the invention is-to provide means arranged internally of the casing and `operable upon closure lofits cover to holdthe cigarette paper axially alined with the filling tubefor proper llingthereof with tobacco, said means being further operative to close crseal therouter end of the cigarette paper during the operation of'charging it with tobacco.

With these and other objects in view, it will be understood that thepresent invention resides in the novel construction, combination', location and arrangement of parts more'fully described and pointed out in the following Vspecification drawings, of which- Y f .V Y f Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the :cigarette forming device of the present invention showing the vsame ywith its cover in closed position;

p Figure 2-is a front elevational View of the devicewith the cover in opened position; Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional Viewk oi the device as taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2 with the cover in closed position; Y .Figure 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view or the device as taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3;

.Figure 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view or the device as taken online 5--5 of Figure 3; l Figure 6 isa front elevational view, 'similar-'to and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying Figure 2, showing a modified form of the'present invention; l

Figure '7 is a vertical cross-sectional view o1' the modincation as taken on line 1 1 of Figure 6 with the cover in closed position; and

Figure 8 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the modication as taken on lines 8-8 of Figure 7.

` Referring new to the drawings and more particularly to Figures lto 5 served-that in one form of the cigarette making device as' constructed inv accordancewith the present invention it comprises a pocket-size boxlike/ member or casing Ii! having a tobacco-re-A ceiving compartment i I at one endl thereof, said compartment being separated from the interior oi' the casing by a bottom wall I2 which is substantially co-planar with the upper edge of a closure r3 suitably hinged to a vertical edge oi. the casing, as at I3', 'this closure being readily opened, as in Figure 2, to provide access to the. interior or" the casing. VThe compartment I I is tted-in its bottom wall with a short open-ended tube I4 extending vertically downwardly into the interior of the casing I0, the freely projecting end of vsaid tube I4 being adapted to have slipiitted thereonrone end of a .tubular cigarette paper wrapper I5, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. A plunger it, of a diameter onlyy slightly less than that of the tobaccoilling tube or nozzle I4, is employed to push tobacco'from compartment II through theftube MintoV the paper wrapper I5*v The lplunger I6 being prefto forma cigarette. erably of a length which enables it to be projected through the lller'tube Minto the casing I0 forV retentionitherein when the device is not in use.

In the process of forming a cigarette, one end of the tubular cigarette paper I5 is rst slipped' over the projecting end of the tobacco filling tube I4, the paper being then securely clamped to the tube by an arcuately shaped resilient pad I1 so mounted upon the inner face of the closure I3 that when the latter is swung into closed position as shown in Figures 3 and 4), when the case is closed said pad' cooperates with tube I4 to clampinglyengage the cigarette paper therebetween. TheV clamping' member il, preferably comprising a block of resilient` rubber, is formed with a clamping surface of generally semi-circular shape, said clamping surface being in such conformity with the cylindrical surface of the tube I4 as to clampingly embrace therebetween the cigarette paper for approximately half of its circumference.

thereof, it will be 0bbody portion of the cigarette paper I5 adequately during the tobacco tamping and cigarette forming process, and to this end, in one modification of the present invention, coacting means are provided in the form of a trough-shaped member I8 xedly mounted by a pair of vertically spaced elements I8-I8 interiorly of the casing I0 so as to be in co-axial relation with the tube I4 and a resilient clamping pad I9, preferably formed of soft rubber, secured to the -inner face of the closure -I3 'for overlying engagement with the open portion of the member I8, the clamping face of the pad I9 being shaped to provide a lon'- gitudinally extending groove ZDet-ashapeadapting it to snugly embrace the outer portion of the cigarette nested in the trough-shapedmember I8. When the closure member .I.3 is `swunginto its closed position, as shownin FiguresB' and `5, the longitudinally grooved resilient pad.'.IS.an'd the trough-shaped member I8 conjointly providean elongated recess. for reception-of the cigarette paper extending from the tobaccofillingtube IA,.this.recess beingin such axialalinement with said tube .Ilias .to insureadequate support of fthe cigarette paper uponrectilinear projection oftlfiepiunger linto the=paper duringethe tobacco .filling operation.

The'closure I3v of the casing II may befheld in .closed position bysuitable ,coactng catch elements 2I-22, while theinterior of the'casing may be fitted 4witlfrclip members 23-23 4for the supporttherein Ofcigarette papers and completed cigarettes.

.In the ,arrangementzofthe device `asshown in Figures,1*totyitwilltberobserved that. the lower endof .the;troughshapedrmember I8.is provided with a.bottom -wall .member f2'4 extending transversely of the. cigarette f axis, this .member being adapted to serveas-.a closurerfo'r the abutting extremity of .the ,tubular cigarette .paper l5. Thus,. as.the.plunger L6 is actuated-to tamp tobacco .from the compartment I2 ,into the cigarette paper, the,bottom .wallmember 24. prevents eseapewof -rthe tobacco .from v.thevlovver end of the..;cigarette,paper. y

In themodified. arrangement .of Lthe'. device. as shownin Figures. 6 .to..8, inclusive, ,theflower .end of the` cigarette :,papert is .closed against escape .of tobacco `therefrom -by .a pair :of resilient. clamp membersl. and.. 2i;Y respectively .mounted upon opposite. ,internal faces `.of .the Yeasing. I0, these members .being .each :in .the sformpf lvsoft :rubber padsadapted to..c1amp.therebetween the L.outer endof ,thecigarettez-zpaper, 'as-.shownmost clearly in -Efigures Tand 8. -In thisemodied :arrangement, the coacting- :clamping ,pads 2.5-26 :secure thelower `endof the cigarette paperin .suchposition cas to :maintain .it zinaxial .alinement lwith the tobacco. ller tube I 4e, .the upper end of .the paper. being Yheld,..se.zured .to 4the latter by the clamping `pad :Ha .astin the ,previously .described formofthelinvention. `It -.wil1-.be noted thatthe use :of -the clamping pads 25--26 .obviates th'e need of .any intermediate support, .such .as the trough-shaped-member I8-of Figures 2 tto 5.

.In .both-.forms-of .the;invention, Athe .preformed tubularscigarette .tamped from the..compartment I.I (flieofFigure),bymeans ofsthemlunger I.6,by the. simple. expedient `cf .closing the. casing.. cover I3.(I3B-,of.Figure-6). .Upon llingthe paper with tobacco,=the casing.cover,is;opened and thecigarette, ready .for use, .is .then :removed from the casing.-

It will be understood that the present inventiondsfsusceptible of other evariouschanges and modications which may be made from time to time without involving any departure from the general principles or real spirit of the present invention, and it is accordingly intended to claim the same broadly, as well as specifically, in accordance with the appended claims.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

l. In a cigarette-forming device, a hollow pocket-size casing having at one side thereof an opening adaptedito provideaccess toztheinterior of the casing and'at oneendthereof anexteriorly disposed tobacco-receiving compartment, a tubula-r member extending from said compartment -intothe-interioro said casing, said member being adapted to receive thereon in tubular extensionlthereoffaitubular paper wrapper for a cigarette, and :a closure member for said casing openinghaving means thereon adapted to 0perate-:conjointly with said tubular member to clamp one end of said paper wrapper upon said tubular member.

2. In a cigarette-forming device, a hollow pocket-size casing'having at one side thereof .an opening adaptedto provide access to the interiorfof .the casing and at one'end thereof an exteriorly disposed tobacco-receiving compartment, .said casing being separated fromvsaid Ycompartmenttby van intervening Wall,a tubularnrember extending .from @said -1 compartment into. the inter-iop offsaid casing,.. said member-..beingadapt edfto-receivethereonin-ztubularextension.thereof atubulan paper wrapper. foracigarette, a troughshaped fmember. secured to. said' casing interiorly thereof in rectilinear -alinement =with said tubularmember adapted tofreceive.- the body portion of said paper wrapper-extending.fromsaidtubularmember, anda closuremember for said casing opening havingV means thereon adapted .to operate'. conjointly with said tubular member to clamp onefend of saidpaper wrapperluponsa-id tubular member andto operate coriiointly.V with said 'trough-shaped .member toembracinglyesupport said extended bodypcrtion.A of the .paper wrapper.

Inra :cigarette-forming device, -a'pocket-size casing Aha-ving -atv'one 'side thereof fan.- opening adapted to provide access to the interiorzof ithe casing-andatll one.- .end thereof .an .exteriorly disposed rtranversely extending vtobaccoreceiving compartment, said casing -end zforming thefbottomtwalll of `said compartment, a-.tobacco ller tube extending ffrom Saidicompartment fromzthe bottom wall1thereof=intothe .interionofesaid casing, saidllerftube being adapted-'to receive thereon in tubular .extension :thereof l a vtubular paper Wrapper for a cigarette, a closure 'member fior saidcasing.;openingfhaving'meansthereoneadapted tto loperatelconj ointly- -With said-.filler -tubeto clamp one end of said.,;paper wrapper yupon said filler-tube, and f means operative .uponclosure nf said closurey member to :support -thevextended body portion of said cigarettef'paper rinfaxia'l alinement With-said dillerrtube.

r4. iIn `a'.cigarette-'f'forming device, 1a h'ollow pocket-size easirig; having at =onef side thereof 'fan opening adaptedtoiprovide accessfto'ztheinterior of the casing'fand ratione endzthereof 'an exteriorly adis'poseddzransversely-i'extending tobaccoreceivingA compartment, said i casing lendl-:forming the bottom wall of sai-dncompartment,.aitubular member zextending .ffromfsaid` compartment"from said bottomfwall thereof-into theinteriorofsaii casing, said '-member. -beingwadapted to `receive thereon 1, in-tubular extension :thereof a-.tubuiar paperimrapper. v.f or .vaig-arette, fazclcsure member for said casing operating having means thereon adapted to operate conjointly with said tubular member to clamp one end of said paper Wrapper upon said tubular member, and means xedly associated with said casing at the end thereof remote from said tubular member, said means being positioned for sealing the proximate end of said paper Wrapper against escape of tobacco therefrom during an operation of tamping tobacco into said cigarette paper by way of said tubular member.

5. In a cigarette-forming device, a hollow pocket-size casing having at one side thereof an opening adapted to provide access to the interior of the casing and at one end thereof a tobaccoreceiving compartment, a tubular member extending from said compartment into the interior of said casing, said member being adapted to receive thereon in tubular extension thereof a tubular paper wrapper for a cigarette, a trough-shaped member secured to said casing interiorly thereof in rectilinear alinement with said tubular member adapted to receive the body portion of said paper wrapper extending from said tubular mem--VA ber, and a closure member for said casing opening having means thereon adapted to operate;

conjointly with said tubular member to clamp one end of said paper wrapper upon said tubular member and to operate conjointly with said trough-shaped member to embracingly support said extended body portion of the paper wrapper, said trough-shaped member having xedly'A mounted therewith at the end thereof remote from said tubular member a closure plate extending transversely across the axis of a tubular paper wrapper clampingly secured within the device.

6. In a cigarette-forming device as dened in claim 4 wherein said last-mentioned sealing means comprises a flat plate member extending transversely across the longitudinal axis of the tubular paper wrapper, said plate member being spaced from said tubular member to an extent sufficient to provide one end of the paper wrapper with an abutment engageable with said plate when the opposite end thereof is fitted upon said tubular member.

7. In a cigaretteforming device as dened in claim 4 wherein said last-mentioned sealing means comprises a pair of resilient clamping pads respectively supported upon said closure member and the opposite wall of said casing, said clamping pads being adapted upon closure of said closure member to clamp therebetween in flattened condition the outer end of said tubular paper wrapper.

GEORGE BURNSTEIN.

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